The system by which this will be achieved is called IPETEE, and it works by replacing the basic operating system network stack and doing all encryption and decryption itself. More details can be found in the IPETEE technical proposal.

Ars Technica pointed out numerous holes in the scheme, noting that most torrent apps already have encryption options. IPETEE applies to more than just torrents, though, so the larger problem is that encrypted packet still need source and destination IP addresses, meaning that one of the most crucial things you’d want to keep private (your destination site) is still accessible.

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4 thoughts on “Pirate Bay hits the road, angles for encryption”

You may be able to find the destination ip, but that info can useless if the network is setup correctly. Being a P2P, most target IPs will be client computers, which won’t run sites. The data could have been anything, an MSN transfer even.

They could use a mini tor system, as they would only have to make one hop before the path is lost, correct?

I think what needs to be focused is that eye ess pee’s have no right to be snooping on us, or telling us how to use our internet. We pay for the bandwidth, so we should be able to use it.

It’s like saying, all you can eat, but you can only eat the pea and ham soup. It’s false advertising in most respects.